The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-06
COMMENT AND OPINION.

INDIANA Democrats have robbed the State
treasury with a cheerful alacrity which the COM
parative nearness of the Canadian border too
often inspires in Democrats. Tribune.
THE Duke of Argyll declares that Gladstone
pains him. Argyll must have noticed before
this, however. that that is a way Gladstone has
in dealing with his opponents. Philadelphia
Press.
CINCINNATI Republicans fired the first gun of
the Ohio campaign Wednesday night. The
meeting was in a German beer garden. The
party out there are sick of looking solemn to win
back the Prohibitionists. Repub
licans.
THE fishery question has to be settled some
how and at some time: as to the latter. the
sooner the better; as to the former, it
should be settled that our fishermen should
not feel az if they sneak thieves on the high
seas, nor if they were beggars in Canadian
ports.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
WE should like to say u single word at this
iuncture to our readers in Europe who are in
the habit of playing with dynamite, and who
single word is DON'T" Our climate does not
agree with that class of men. We prefer to
raise our crop of disturbers of the peace
and enemies of the government-New York
Herald.
IF Labor day is to be observed in any specific
and distinguishing manner 1t will be used a
day which one class of the community assem-
bles to hear another class blackguarded, sus-
pension of labor being enjoined upon all classes
for this purpose, and the whole performance
going on under the express sanction of the
purpose
is to give public authority to an un-American.
undemocratlc and senseless procedure.-New
York Times.
1T may be all very well to encourage self re-
lance among girls, but too much should not be
trusted to that quality when girls are mere
children, without discretion, knowledge, or set
tied character No ooservant person be
much in public places in these days or nights
without being forced to the conclusion that
very radical reform of existing social customs,
so far as young girls are concerned, is most de-
sirable.-Chicago Times.
THE exceedingly crafty. elusive and insincere
comments of Harper's Weekly on the Robert
Lincoln candidacy show that the mugwumps
would be less likely to be conciliated to the sup
port of a Republican presidential candidate than
ten times their number of intelligent Democrats
who are tired of party whose success in tie
next campaign is likely to depend on its insist
ing that its candidate is good deal better
than the party that is meekIy supporting him.
New York Mail and Express.
IT seems almost as if there were some sinister
purpose IN inviting Mr.. Davis to Macon near
the time OF President CIeveand's visit to At
lanta Why should he be thrust upon the
country7 Why should there be reunion of
confederate soldiers at Macon this yeara Why
the rebellion" against the Union in their efforts
to crafty morbid sentiment to present to
gaping thousands the 'biggest attraction"
Charleston News and Courier.
So long as railway trains run into the center
of the city on surface tracks without protecting
fences, without gates at crossings. without
gard to speed or city ordinances regulating it,
accidents will continue and increase. New roads
and old roads equal offenders They will
promise anything to obtain the right to come
into the city, but once let them get their tracks
down, and their trains running, and they rush
rough-shod over all agreements, ordinances and
regard for human life. Nothing is done. And
nothing will be done until in the of some
unusual fatality grand jury indicts the princi
pal officers of a railway company for
slaughter because their road has been operated
in defiance of law. and human life has been
sacrificed.-Chicago News.
IT is common remark in the South that too
many of the educated colored people become
preachers and teachers, and too few of them
ioarn any practical handicraft that would ee-
vate them in the rank of labor above field hands.
In this the colored people evidently i'm
itating the whites both North and South. as the
educated young whites everywhere rush into
form of professional life. The colored
youth have greater obstacles thrown In their
pathway to a trade than the whites. if possible,
and it begins to be very apparent that some sort
OF manual training will have to be provided in
the schools. Unless this is done the young col
ored students will continue TO graduate as
preachers and teachers out of all proportion to
the demand for persons of their race to fill these
useful professions. It is evident that manual
training for pupils black and white, is becom-
ing imperative necessity. Philadelphia
Times.